Improvement in machines for painting floor oil-cloths



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anni y wm egvvsTRoUT AND AMos vvncinna,` oF HALLovvELL, MAINE Lettcrs'latcut N 94,985, dated September 21, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR PAINTING- FLOOR OIL-CLOTI-IS.

i The Schedu1e-x'eferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sam Be it known Athat we, G. WfSTRoUT and AMosl AWIILDER, of Hallowell, in the county of Kennebee,

and `State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement on a Machine for Painting Floor Oil- Cloths; and wedo `declare that the following is a full, clear,'and exact description of theconstrnction and operation of the same, reference Abeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specilication,

`fulcrum at H H, and governed by pins I I.

0 is a oo rd orchain leading from levers G' G to bars K, iig. 2, is a sliding bar fitted to a groove in frame A, to whihtheadj nstable frame B is suspended by pins L L. n 'Y IM is a pa'wl attached tofsyliding bars KK. 4 N is a ratchet attached to "frameB, andheld in position by pawlM.

O is a windlass, to which is attached ratchet P,

R is a crank used to operate windlass .0.4 S S are spouts communicating with troughs at each side of the machine. I T is a roll from 4which the canvas U is delivered.

To enable others Vto use our machine, we will proceed to describe' itsopeiation. y

'lhe canvas U, to be painted, is passed from roll T over pads and -beneathknives D D, when levers G G are released, allowing the knives to descend and rest upon the canvas, paint now being'applied by the' use Y use of ladies.` 1

The piece of canvas is now drawn through the machine, receivinga uniform coat of paint. The surplus being kept'back by the knives D D, falls into the troughs at each side of the machine, and is-delivered into tubs from spouts S S.

The knives D D are now elevated by depressing the levers'G G, which are kept in position by means of 'pins I I, when the machine is ready to receive another piece of goods.

The canvas is drawn direct from the machine into racks, the front end of one being represented at W.

In order to apply a uniformamount of paint to every piece of goods, it is necessary to place the frame B in such a ppsition that each piece of goods shall pass in a direct line from the pointwhere it comes in contact with the front knife (D, near the canvas U,) d

to the pointwhere it enters the rack W. To effect this object, We have suspended the frame B within frame A, by means of slides `K K and pins L L, as shown iug. 2, thus allowing the frame B to sustain anydesired relation to rack W.

Frame B is held in position by means of ratchet'N andA pawl M. Windlass O is usedv to elevate or depress frame B,

and .is held in position by means of ratchet P and .pawl Q. 'l

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 'lhe combination of frame A and adjustable frame B,'by l'neansdof sliding bar K and pin L, or their equivalents, wl'le'rebya rocking motion is produced, in order to bring the frame B to any desired angle, that its relation `to rack W may be changed at pleas-` ure.

C. W. STROUT.l

AMOS WILDER. Witnesses:` 1

SIMON PAGE, OHAS. K.: Howe. 

